Lenny Wilkens Biography
Title: Lenny Wilkens Biography
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Lenny Wilkens Biography
Category: /Literature/Biographies
Details: Words: 649 | Pages: 2 (approximately 235 words/page)
Lenny Wilkens Bio
Leonard R. Wilkens, Jr. was born in 1937. He grew up with three other siblings; his mother raised all of them due to the death of his father when he was only five. As a native of Brooklyn, N.Y. Wilkens graduated from providence with a degree in economics, and in 1988 received an honorary doctorate in humanities from his alma mater. In 1995, he was awarded a similar degree from Seattle University.
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in 1996-97, Wilkens was named to the list of the NBA's Top 10 Coaches in league history, and was among the group selected as the 50 greatest players in NBA history. He was the only person on both lists.
Works Cited
Books:Unguarded:My Forty Years Surviving in the NBA
Lenny Wilkens, Terry Pluto
Web Sites:www.NBA.com
www.hoophall.com/halloffamers/Wilkens.htm
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